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Trump Appeals To SCOTUS To Halt Lower Court Ruling On Alien Enemies Act
Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday requested that the U.S. Supreme Court intervene in the contentious legal dispute surrounding the application of the Alien Enemies Act, the wartime power that he utilized to swiftly deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. The Supreme Court is further thrown into Trump’s maelstrom by the emergency…
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Appeals Court Says Trump Can Fire Two Biden-Era Appointees
Getty Images President Donald Trump can move forward with firing two board members from independent federal agencies after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 to lift restrictions blocking him from doing so. The court overturned earlier decisions by two district court judges who had blocked the administration from removing Cathy…
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Ellen DeGeneres takes a major step in cutting ties with the US
Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia are just two of the many celebs who made a decision to leave the States following Trump’s win of the 2024 presidential elections. Unsatisfied with his politics and the position he has put the country in, Ellen and Portia made a decision to settle in the south of England. They bought…
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Judge Extends Restraining Order Halting Trump’s Migrant Gang Deportation Flights
Getty Images President Donald Trump’s issues with the judiciary are continuing as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg extended his temporary restraining order to halt deportation flights using the Alien Enemies Act on Friday. The order was set to expire on March 29, but Boasberg extended it to April 12, “or until further order of the…
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Hard drinkers
A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I’ll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back.” The room is quiet and no one takes up…
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